Concentration: Christianity

Prerequisite: RELIG 220 or its approved equivalent from another institution.

Primary Source Languages: Depends on student's focus but usually Greek, Latin or a modern European language.

Requirements:

(a) Colloquium RELIG 510 every quarter, (b) At least three of the following (or an approved replacement), selected so as to include some breadth in the coverage of various periods in the development of Christianity:

RELIG 520 Seminar on Early Christianity
RELIG 492 Seminar on Early Christianity Topics
RELIG 420 The World of the Early Church
RELIG 421 The Age of Augustine
RELIG 442 Art, Religion, and Politics in Early Christian Period (300-700 CE)
HIST 498 Senior Seminar
HSTAM 314 The World of Late Antiquity
HSTAM 315 The Byzantine Empire
HSTAM 472 Intellectual and Religious History of the Later Middle Ages
HSTAM 590 Topics in Ancient and Medieval History
HSTEU 401 Reformation
HSTEU 501 Renaissance
HSTEU 502 Reformation
RELIG 428 Modern Christian Theology
RELIG 528 Christian Theology

(b) and at least one more course from the above list, or from the following (or an approved replacement):

RELIG 426 Gnosticism and Early Christianity
RELIG 443 Art, Religion and Politics in Byzantium (700-1453 CE)
COPT 413 Readings in Ancient Coptic Texts
HSTAM 315 Byzantine Empire
ART H 551 Early Christian Byzantine/Medieval Art and Archaeology
PHIL 434 Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
GERM 590 German Mysticism of the Late Middle Ages
HIST 412 Science and the Enlightenment
PHIL 467 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 525 Seminar on 19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 567 Seminar on the Philosophy of Religion
SIS 480 Catholic Church in World Politics

Related Faculty

ROBERT C. COBURN PhD Harvard (1958). Professor, Philosophy. Religion and philosophy, Ancient philosophy, Metaphysics.

MARY R. O'NEIL PhD Stanford (1982). Associate Professor, History. Renaissance and Reformation.

ROBERT C. STACEY PhD Yale (1983). Professor, History. Medieval Christianity and Judaism.

ROBIN C. STACEY PhD Yale (1986). Associate Professor, History. Medieval Christianity, Celtic.

RODNEY STARK PhD California-Berkeley (1971). Professor, Sociology. Sociology of religion, New religions.

EUGENE A. VANCE PhD Cornell (1964). Professor, English and Comparative Literature. Medieval French literature, Literary theory.

JOEL WALKER PhD Princeton (1998). Assistant Professor, History. Religion and society in the late Roman Empire, Late Antiquity, Syriac Christian literature and history.

EUGENE WEBB PhD Columbia (1965). Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature and Jackson School of International Studies. Philosophy of religion, Christian thought, Religion and literature.

MICHAEL A. WILLIAMS PhD Harvard (1977). Professor, Jackson School of International Studies. Early Christianity and religion in late antiquity, Study of Religion.

GLENNYS J. YOUNG PhD, California-Berkeley (1973). Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, Imperial and Soviet Russia.

Related Courses

HSTAM 301 Ancient History
HSTAM 302 Ancient History
HSTAM 330 The Age of Augustus
HSTAM 331 Early Middle Ages
HSTAM 332 Central Middle Ages
HSTAM 333 Late Middle Ages
HSTAM 340 Medieval Women
HSTAM 360 Medieval Christianity
HSTAM 365 Medieval England, 1042-1485
HSTAM 367 Medieval Jewish History
HSTAM 370 The Vikings
HSTAM 401 Early Greece
HSTAM 402 Classical Greece
HSTAM 403 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
HSTAM 411 The Roman Republic
HSTAM 412 The Roman Empire
HSTAM 418 The World of Late Antiquity
HSTAM 421 The Byzantine Empire
HSTAM 443 Kievan and Muscovite Russia: 850-1700
HSTAM 490 Topics in Ancient/Medieval History
HSTAM 501 Greek History Field Course
HSTAM 511 Roman History Field Course
HSTAM 512 Seminar in Ancient History
HSTAM 513 Seminar in Ancient History
HSTAM 518 Topics in Late Antiquity
HSTAM 530 Early Middle Ages
HSTAM 531 Medieval European History
HSTAM 532 Medieval European Seminar
HSTAM 533 Medieval European Seminar
HSTAM 534 Medieval European Seminar
HSTAM 535 Later Medieval Europe
HSTAM 536 Topics in Early Medieval History
HSTAM 590 Topics in Ancient and Medieval History

Related Units on Campus

Department of Classics

Department of History

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

School of Art

Selected Links

Byzantium

Catholic Encyclopedia

Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Dumbarton Oaks

Ecole Initiative

ENTER

New Testament Gateway

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